Articles

BBC

What happens when a city bans cars from its streets?

Many modern urban areas have been built around cars, with huge amounts of space set aside for roads and parking. But what …

Vox

How remote work is quietly remaking our lives

Working from anywhere: the good, the bad, the lovely.

The Atlantic

Why You Never See Your Friends Anymore

Our unpredictable and overburdened schedules are taking a dire toll on American society.

Deloitte Insights

Skills change, but capabilities endure

Why fostering human capabilities first might be more important than reskilling in the future of work.

Literary Hub

Why Office Workers Can't Sleep (and Why That's Bad)

Ever since the discovery that light—and particularly blue light—can suppress melatonin and alter the timing of our circadian …

Distributed.blog

Stephen Wolfram on 28 Years of Remote Work

In this episode, Stephen shares with host Matt Mullenweg — another remote CEO — his perspective on the value of …

NPR

Want To Feel Happier Today? Try Talking To A Stranger

Many of us tend to do just about anything to avoid conversation or even eye contact with strangers. And smartphones make it …

Reddit

A possible use case for Estonian E-residency, hopefully dispelling some myths

I’ve been reading up on this and other offshoring while getting ready to move again. I think I have a viable use case …

Derek Sivers

Travel without a phone

Where you are is partially defined by where you are not. When you’re somewhere, you’re not somewhere else. But …

Peter Attia

Jason Fried: Optimizing efficiency and work-life balance

In this episode, Jason Fried, co-founder of Basecamp, shares his beliefs around achieving business success in a modern world …

Tomasz Tunguz

The Early Discipline of Remote Startups

This is often why we see remote and distributed companies invest in human resources functions earlier on. consequently, these …

Forge

The Most Important Question in a Job Interview, and How to Answer It

‘Do you have any questions for me?’ is a make-or-break moment.

Andreessen Horowitz

The Passion Economy and the Future of Work

These stories are indicative of a larger trend: call it the “creator stack” or the “enterprization of …

Reddit

This is my last DN adventure. Farewell and thanks.

This is my last official week as a DN. I lasted 2.5 years.

I start a new job in November that is not remote friendly. …

Eric Khun

Why you should have a side project

I often advocate people surrounding me to build their own side projects. I believe they can fulfill you in so many ways: for …

The New York Times

'Worse Than Anyone Expected': Air Travel Emissions Vastly Outpace Predictions

The findings put pressure on airline regulators to take stronger action to fight climate change as they prepare for a summit …

The New York Times

Open Offices Are a Capitalist Dead End

WeWork is the ultimate manifestation of this bad idea. Its rise is a sign that we have no good way, in modern life, to value …

The New York Times

I Used to Fear Being a Nobody. Then I Left Social Media.

My wanting to share every waking thought became eclipsed by a desire for an increasingly rare commodity — a private life.

Medium

Lessons from my first year freelancing

I’ll be honest — the first few months were bleak. I didn’t have any projects lined up when I made the leap to …

Ambition & Balance - by Doist

How to Build Trust in the Remote "Workplace"

Building a company culture that assumes your team can’t be trusted is like playing basketball with one hand tied behind …

BYU

Impostor Syndrome is more common than you think; Study finds best way to cope with it

The impostor syndrome, a phenomenon that manifests when people feel like frauds even if they are actually capable and …

The New York Times

How to Succeed When You're Marginalized or Discriminated Against at Work

“Hacking” your work only works if you’re a person who would be congratulated for your ingenuity. If …

NoHQ

Sid Sijbrandij: "People don't want to commute; they just don't want to miss out"

We’re remote because people stopped showing up. In the beginning, there was no office because it was me in the …

Paul Jarvis

Do we have to love our work?

Passion or love doesn’t have to be part of the work/job equation. The value of work is that you get paid to do it, not …

Tim Harford

The curious economics of being ripped off on holiday

Travellers are well used to these: the strange cover charge in the tourist-trap restaurant; the outrageous price of the hotel …

Nautilus

This Simple Structure Unites All Human Languages

Human language is amazingly creative. If you make up a sentence of any complexity, and search for that exact sentence on the …

Reddit

Why I won't use Airbnb again

So a couple weeks ago, we had a pretty ridiculous fiasco with Airbnb, in which they claimed that “A fan legally …

BBC

Why 'flight shame' is making people swap planes for trains

The flight shame movement is about feeling accountable for your carbon footprint

• but it is also about rediscovering the joy …

The Wall Street Journal

Your Parents' Financial Advice Is (Kind Of) Wrong

The personal-finance playbook followed by past generations doesn’t add up for many people the way it used to. …